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The Final Showdown in Shanghai

After all that has happened in the course of this week already - Breakdance getting included in the Youth Olympic Games and WDSF inaugurating its headquarters in Lausanne - there are two other highlights still to come: the GrandSlam Finals in Shanghai!

In The Headlines

Take-up on the media releases that were circulated by the International Olympic Committee and WDSF on the recent addition of DanceSport to the programme of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics was excellent. Even the Washington Post took up!

WDSF Headquarters in Lausanne

A mere 24 hours after it was announced that Breakdance would be included in the Youth Olympic Games 2018, the World DanceSport Federation celebrated the opening of its headquarters at the International House of Sport in Lausanne, SUI.

Olympic DanceSport | Buenos Aires 2018 YOG

In its meeting held on 6 December 2016 in Lausanne, SUI, the Executive Board of then International Olympic Committee decides to add the DanceSport discipline Breakdance to the programme of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games.

2016 World Formation Standard

After Minsk, BLR, renounced from hosting the 2016 World Formation Standard, Pecs, HUN, stepped up to the plate and saved the day for the 13 formations that had put in practice for months. First place goes to Russia, second to Germany!

Another Farewell To Champions

Andrey Zaytsev and Anna Kuzminskay, RUS, win their second consecutive title as World Champions in Professional Division Latin in front of their home crowd in Moscow ... and immediately announce their retirement from competition.

June 2012 24/12/2012

That the delegates to the 2012 General Meeting and the movers of different motions to amend the WDSF Ethical Codes were able to reach a first consensus by agreeing on the withdrawal of the motions was the positive outcome of a long debate.

On 17 June, the General Meeting spent several hours deliberating motions that touched on the sensitive issue of restrictions to be imposed in order to safeguard the notion of dance as a coherent and universal sport.

In the end, and with all motions tabled until such time that a total consensus was reached, the delegates resolved to abstain from applying the sanctions contemplated in the current ethical codes for athletes and officials taking part in “Non-WDSF Events.”

Other Annual General Meeting Outcomes

Daniel Stehlin, SUI, was unanimously elected as the new chairman of the Disciplinary Council. The Swiss lawyer works as a public prosecutor and heads the Special Office for Prosecuting Organised Crime in the canton of Basel Land.

Ken Richards, USA, was elected Presidium Member by his fellow delegates. He defeated Moune Marty, FRA, in the ballotting for the position and fills the position vacated by Ferruggio Galvagno, ITA, for the remainder of the WDSF Presidium's term.

Zoran Plohl, SLO, serves as the new chairman of the WDSF Athletes' Commission since 1 July 2012. He also assumed the role as an ex officio member on the WDSF Presidium, succeeding Timo Kulcak, GER, in both positions.

WDSF Athlete's ID Card

On many occasions since the AGM it was pointed out that the WDSF Athlete's ID Card would become mandatory from 2013 for a dancer to enter a sanctioned competition. Additionally, WDSF endeavoured to answer all the questions relating to the card and, in particular, to the declaration an applicant must sign. Here ...